Ancient Rome in 3D - NOW and THEN views - Video footage

[@lysan1445]

I am one of those people who stare at ruins for hours, trying to imagine what they once looked like. I love this channel. Kudos to the diligent work you put in!

[@historyin3d]

Thank you so much!

[@ovingtonful]

Absolutely spectacular work guys thanks so much - mind blowing

[@Caltops78]

My first visit in Rome right now. After visiting a lot of these sites I like to watch these videos in my hotel while I’m winding down at night. Its beautiful and overwhelming to take in all the beauty and history here

[@wbbartlett]

One day soon, VR will allow us to wander these streets once again.

[@historyin3d]

Definitely!

[@oluffriesthomsen7680]

A really good video 👍❤️

[@stormykeep9213]

Would be fascinating!

[@mariagegotek8646]

Guys, I just returned from Rome yesterday and this footage explained me lots of things, besides I was able to relive this wonderful experiences. Thank you ❤😊

[@historyin3d]

Thanks! Happy to receive such comments!

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

I always found Assassin's Creed Brotherhood to be frustratingly tantalizing. Ubisoft's renaissance Rome was gorgeous, but it's the era you guys are working on that most players really wanted! Beautiful work!

[@historyin3d]

Thank you! I would also really like to see the AG from the era of ancient Rome, but in any case it will be a game, they have other priorities. And that's okay.

[@Stoirelius]

@@historyin3dNo idea why they would have other priorities. Ancient Rome should be a top priority.

[@stischer47]

I believe I would like to go back as a tourist just to walk these places when they are at the height of their beauty. Looking forward to VR.

[@historyin3d]

Thank you! The apps are inprogress as well!

[@Diatom1k]

INCREDIBLE WORK! 👏👏 Noone has ever come close to this level of scale and detail, and we can enjoy it for free. Thank you for all the time you have put into this. Surely we will be able to wander these streets in the not so distant future.

[@historyin3d]

Thank you, nice to hear! There are 2 more projects dedicated to ancient Rome of a good quality - Rome Reborn and Faber Courtial. Each of ours reconstructions has their own features and distinctions, and that is great!

[@carlasignorini3887]

Born in Rome I did not realise how the ancient palaces looked like..thanks for this beautiful reconstruction

[@rockweiler777]

Thank you so very much! What a boon it is to all and any that you have worked so hard to bring this to wondering eyes. Cheers!

[@historyin3d]

Many thanks, nice to hear!

[@Facrasag]

I'm a conservator of monuments and therefore I know what these buildings used to look like. However, my dream is to spend a few hours in ancient Rome someday. Greetings from Poland.

[@jasonhudson739]

History in 3D, the KZbin channel who is trying to make ancient Rome great again 🏛🙋‍♂️

[@fran-js8ve]

What a beautiful reconstruction. Brought back to life. Hard to believe that the romans could have built these great monuments and buildings without the knowledge and materials we have today.

[@drewlee-e8d]

Why is that hard to believe

[@whatup72]

Because they didnt have cranes and other tools. Just massive slave labor pools of people​@@drewlee-e8d

[@motoguzzigriso]

It’s a shame that so much of Ancient Rome was pillaged for building material for medieval construction. They didn’t appreciate what they had!

[@Diatom1k]

Thank the Vatican

[@CaptainGrimes1]

To be fair they didn't destroy the buildings when they looked like this, the baths for example stopped working in the 6th century when the aqueducts were destroyed and then they were abandoned and overgrown, earthquakes toppled columns and walls and from that was scavenged material to build churches and housing. Don't forget the people of medieval Rome were living in one vast ruin of a city built for a population of a million not the ten thousand or so by that point, they just needed to survive so saving non working, crumbling ruins that had once been a bathhouse would have made no sense.

[@ПавелСоколов-ъ6в]

А когда человечество делало по другому?

[@annasangiorgio3661]

Quando Roma cadde, i popoli barbari e avversari contribuirono alla sua distruzione, saccheggiando ed esportando materiale edilizio riutilizzato per le successive costruzioni medievali. Anche la Chiesa, che all'epoca iniziava ad avere potere, si appropriò non solo di parti di edifici come marmi, ma accumulò oro e altre cose di valore per fondare il proprio impero cristiano. Il Sacro romano impero divenne potente portandosi dietro la scia della cultura classica romana e con la conversione di molti popoli al cristianesimo.

[@spw947]

I feel the same way about the pyramids of Egypt. They must’ve been beautiful with that white terra-cotta on them.

[@macroeye1263]

At last! I've been waiting for the video you made for years. A million thanks!!

[@historyin3d]

And many thanks to you!

[@says101]

finally history in 3d is back!

[@historyin3d]

Yes! We're back for a month already, please check our previous video as well!

[@says101]

@@historyin3d oh right the 2023 year in review vid, how did i forget lol! still nice to see the first upload of the year anyways!

[@c-historia]

awesome work! well done, this channel is always the top 👏

[@historyin3d]

Thank you very much!

[@oc2phish07]

Brilliant piece of work. It was enjoyable and informative to watch and brought back great memories of my visits to these locations in 2018 and 2019. Thanks.

[@historyin3d]

Thank you!

[@dd_tags]

thank you for making this. i can’t believe this is free and accessible to anyone

[@Podzzy]

What software did you use to create the models?

[@historyin3d]

Thank you for your donation, but as I said many times already, I never reply to such questions. Any programmer uses a number of software programs, which he combines in a unique way based on his own experience. Almost all basic 3d programs are equivalent, there is not a single one which can make 'magic' on its own.

[@Podzzy]

@@historyin3d Ok, thanks for the reply. I can agree with the last statement even if I still don't fully understand the reason for not wanting to say the software used.

[@historyin3d]

@@Podzzy This makes no sense; everyone has their own set. I motivate everyone to choose their first 3D modeling package on their own, without looking at anyone else.

[@DoomSprite236]

We are blessed to live in such a time where history can be experienced in this way. It's only going to get better

[@mariocollado5072]

Excellent video, as always. Thank you very much.

[@historyin3d]

Thanks!

[@gloriaeugeniacorrea9940]

Im so so happy to could find this channel, every time that i saw rome and all this rocks all over the place i think that i want itto see how was before, thank you very very much for making this channel

[@eversonalmeida9866]

Best version by miles. Amazing.

[@ivandovgan2740]

It's huge! Thanx to you guys, for that incredible opportunities to all Rome lovers!

[@historyin3d]

Thanks!

[@chumleyk]

Remember, most of the marble columns, facades etc were taken to adorn renaissance churches and palaces

[@philRminiatures]

Spectacular and superb as always...Thanks!!

[@historyin3d]

Thanks and to be continued!

[@scrollop]

Ths is great! Everyone visiting the forum should view this there! Thank you!

[@historyin3d]

Thank you! I think we'll do such mobile app for tourists!

[@LouJuan]

Utterly Badass!!

[@sonpreetdoal]

i went 2 years ago and this refreshed my memories. thank you

[@cl1315]

I have the pictures book Rome Now and Then. But 3D video is much more breath-taking ❤

[@historyin3d]

Thank you!

[@yourugua3433]

Esepcional trabajo virtual y una calidad inigualable, felicitaiones 💪💪💪💪

[@septimiusseverus343]

Awesome work! Perhaps one day you could do a video on how Rome looked in the aftermath of the Vandal sack of 455? Just a thought! Keep up the great work!

[@historyin3d]

You can already find here a video about Rome after 410 sack, and I hope relatively soon we'll add the one for 455!

[@roberthouston3809]

The ruins of baths of Caracalla have always fascinated me!

[@eclipsed017]

Wow, wow, wow, amazing work!! 🌟

[@historyin3d]

Thank you!

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

Your work is incredible!

[@historyin3d]

Thank you!

[@descriptiondescriptiondescript]

Incredible. Really cool

[@historyin3d]

Thank you!

[@ClaudioJudice]

Valeu!

[@historyin3d]

Thanks!

[@Morlun91]

Grazie.

[@historyin3d]

Thank you!

[@MonGoalian]

Amazing. Need to see again before next trip to Roma.

[@KeremYurtsevenOfficial]

Simply amazing content.

[@PompeyMatt17]

this is stunning work...bravo..

[@StYx156]

I'm standing in front of the Colloseum right now because I wanted to see what it really looked like in Rome. I'm really shocked that it's just ruins of a beautiful city, really sad that they destroyed something like that to build other things.

[@pensadores-reflexoessobrer4581]

Amazing stuff, great Rome , and your roman empire !

[@Sebastian_GBC]

Amazing video of ancient rome

[@historyin3d]

Thank you!

[@rosariosway]

Guys you are the greatest ever! Thank you ❤

[@WildStar2002]

Fantastic video - I love it! What a great idea to contrast Modern Roma with Classical Rome! 😄 side note: sounds like you used the "Josh" voice from the ElevenLabs text to speech generator. I did as well for a project, and I hadda laugh when I 'recognized' the announcer, lol! 🤣

[@historyin3d]

Thank you! The voice is from another soft, maybe it is just similar :)

[@WillR-s9c]

The only thing that could make it better is showing each location on a map as well. Still, bravo 👏

[@filippomeucci2021]

simply marvellous! Thank you so much

[@historyin3d]

Thank you!

[@bombasticbushkin4985]

All that remains of that era of beautiful, awe inspiring architecture is a city of ruins, stripped, destroyed and crumbling like a bombed out disaster. What a pity. Thank you for your detailed, time consuming and fabulous work.

[@scott6828]

Absolutely spectacular!!

[@historyin3d]

Thank you!

[@floringhisa48]

I just visited Rome, and after 3 days of just imaginee things, this video is pure gold

[@erikmathiesen856]

Great video, but how about some day a full video of Pompeji or Herculaneum ?

[@historyin3d]

Thank you! So far we're concentrating on Rome, and then we'll see!

[@ji8044]

Your work is so superb I can see it being used in one of the new virtual reality sets being offered by Apple.

[@historyin3d]

Thank you! We're working on the app.

[@champsgaming1362]

I wish I had a Time Machine for only one day just to see what it was like, and to watch gladiators fight in the colosseum or horse racing at the circus maximus

[@marting2007]

Spectacular

[@adyseven1]

Absolutely amazing 👏 Thank you 😊

[@historyin3d]

Thanks!

[@MrsDarcy917]

Maravilloso!!! Gran trabajo

[@historyin3d]

¡Gracias!

[@navinchakra7717]

Fantastic depiction looks like a modern city.

[@historyin3d]

Thanks.

[@bumble.bee22]

Poderia fazer uma reconstrução 3D da cidade de Constantinopla?

[@historyin3d]

There is a great project "Byzantium 1200".

[@martaveado1778]

Sensacional!!!( from Belo Horizonte/Brazil)

[@historyin3d]

Thanks!

[@NG-ki5eo]

Fabulous

[@historyin3d]

Thanks!

[@countalucard4226]

Were the structures really as beautiful as you make them out in the before pictures?

[@lastmanstanding-xp3ub]

Veneers of only the highest quality, most perfectly cut and oriented white Marble adorned every single building if it was befitting of that specific type of structure and was attributed to a Caesar, usually inside AND outside. In fact, even sections of the Cloaca in certain st;retches, which is the SEWER if you dont know the terminology, had (and still have) f*cking white marble floors lol. Some buildings were accented outside and/or inside with REAL GOLD, and not like little tiny accents, like POUNDS of the stuff on a single building that was adorned with it as a cosmetic element. Every single building built out of stone, concrete, etcetera was practically PERFECTLY melded with the seam, next to, above, and/or below it, to the point that not even paper fits in the area where the blocks and/or sections of concrete end and begin, indicating that the standards for the level of precision, consistency, and tediousness for EVERY single detail on most/all buildings being built would have likely been unfathomable to us almost if we were to be somehow transported back and able to observe the fitment process and how small their margin of error was (and how they did it exactly with certainty) while building and also have the chance to witness the entire building 100% damage/wear-free and free of any potential shifting or settling as well. Rome would have been awe-inspiring in all or even most of its full glory even if compared to the most impressive modern cities I would say, we simply DO NOT do that type of mega-public works with that type of wealth and luxury being shown off blatantly and "just cause" as the reason for the Gold adornments and artwork carvings and sculptures that are so minute you can still make out the Chain mail loops on Auxiliary troop armor depictions in the scenes present on Trajans Column these days anymore.

[@countalucard4226]

@ that answers that.

[@francoisdemiras9711]

Superbe c'est vraiment d'une modernité incroyable 👍♥️

[@ekrs33]

Спасибо! Очень интересно!

[@historyin3d]

Спасибо!

[@dandywarhol6787]

finally painted sculptures!

[@AjedrElx]

Wow!

[@aresaurelian]

Alright guys, who wants "World of Romecraft" mmorpg?

[@estebantedesco1348]

Is there a way to download this 3D model to run it? I really wanna check it out!

[@stuart2151]

It would be so good if you had a phone app where you use the augmented reality and overlays the 3D buildings and objects over what you see in real time as you move your phone around.

[@daleduddridge6903]

What I wouldn't give just to go back in time for one day to see Ancient Rome at its greatest.

[@1cmnsents]

All the ROMANTIC'S! "TWENTY PERCENT" OF THE POPULATION WERE SLAVES! TEN TO TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE......SLAVES. AND THEY WEREN'T BLACK.

[@vmatin1]

Do you have any videos on something other than Rome or Greece or Egypt? Anything on the rear of the world, far more ancient ?

[@MassiveBoyVentures]

How did u know what this fully built out and designs look like ?

[@historyin3d]

@@MassiveBoyVentures books.

[@pasalasaga]

Damn, I wish we could have an open world game about this age of rome. It looks so beautiful.

[@historyin3d]

Working on it!

[@ramazanzuberi7956]

It would be so awesome to rebuild these cities and palaces again as they once were. How cool would that be?

[@twiley3530]

Well done!

[@AnnamariaManganelli]

Mamma quanto era bella Roma grandiosa immensa ❤❤❤

[@storyteller088]

So fabulous!

[@historyin3d]

Thank you!

[@storyteller088]

@@historyin3d You are very welcome. I was just writing a book set in Ancient Rome and your videos were incredibly helpful, so thank you!

[@seyfeddinerisen]

amazing

[@oojudg3oo]

These forums and palaces, how do u know what they actually looked like from barely a foundation, a few stones poking out of the grass?

[@juanchica8626]

When will you do a video on the palatine palaces

[@BroFromBLo]

I'm always so curious where all the statues went

[@Tekmirion]

Very good!

[@historyin3d]

Thanks!

[@robbillington1982]

Rebuild the Eternal City!!

[@historyin3d]

At least we're rebuilding it in 3D.

[@robbillington1982]

@@historyin3d would be amazing to get a 3d model of later periods like the 6th century city

[@ChriChri-f7v]

How such wonderful, mighty and magnificent buildings could have totally disappear...??!!

[@giuseppecalegari3852]

Roma è stata saccheggiata almeno 7 volte da varie popolazioni straniere, e così tante altre città italiane. Tante cose sono state distrutte da eserciti invasori, soprattutto Lanzichenecchi, e tante opere artistiche sono state rubate. Gli ultimi "saccheggiatori" sono stati i tedeschi durante l'occupazione dopo il 1943 e prima di loro i francesi di Napoleone.

[@catman8965]

Ancient Sites Girl sent me here. I'm glad she did.

[@historyin3d]

Ancient Sites Girl is one of the best channels about ancient sites on KZbin ever.

[@olgalush469]

Невероятно красиво и впечатляет

[@Retiredtraveler1961]

I lived in Italy, three years, in Gaeta, 70 miles south. I spent many trips up in Rome. The tragedy of the loss of this ancient city goes beyond words. It’s clear what happened it’s understandable people needed premade, columns, and marble and so forth… Nonetheless, the comparison is mind blowing.

[@Galbv]

Love Rome ❤️

[@Ominous89]

Ancient Rome looked way more modern than Modern Rome today.

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

Magnificent work! Congratulations. I would like to add that most of the destruction of the great Imperial buildings was carried out by the fanatical Christians and later on, in a more methodical manner, by the Catholic Church, determined to erase any vestiges of the old Roman civilization. For a well-documented description of that process I recommend Catherine Nixey´s book "THE DARKENING AGE"

[@historyin3d]

I would recommend reading the Nixey´s book only in the context of other studies. This book is VERY biased and contains a number of very arbitrary generalizations. For a REALLY well-documented description of that process it is necessary to begin with the fundamental works of Lanciani and Gregorovius, and then follow the path of main studies of Roman topography till our time. Thank you for your kind words about our project!

[@robertofiadone6666]

Fantástico, tanto el video como lo que en él se muestra.

[@historyin3d]

¡Gracias!

[@jimclarke1108]

Excellent, imagine before the romans

[@marknathaniel9230]

can i ask does assassins creed odyssey is accurate? they managed to re create ancient rome.

[@_Jetbolt_]

Odyssey didn’t involve Rome, it took place in Greece and focused on locations like Athens, Sparta, and Olympia.

[@historyin3d]

@@_Jetbolt_ I'm not sure, maybe I'm mistaken but I heard sth like they've recreated the part of Pompey Curia either in AG Odyssey or Origins. In any case, it is the game, not 3D reconstruction. The gameplay is in priority there.

[@CaptainGrimes1]

The most beautiful city ever created

[@historyin3d]

I can't help but agree.

[@reevenstore]

Thank Christianity for what happened to the city and all, as always, throwing humanity into the dark ages

[@DomenicoSergioAntonacci]

chapeau!

[@desertsunman5880]

👀Ah me - Difficult memories, at best - These are the bad new days - without an echo of what it used to be👀

[@eastbee103]

Ancient Rome wouldn't be complete without the bathhouses!!

[@nancytestani1470]

Well, the circus Maximus is still there, not like it was..but still pretty impressive. Talking about Rome more than 2, 000 years ago..wow.

[@kevenjulce6283]

The difference is insane.

[@aeliusdawn]

Wouldnt there be more colors? The colosseum looks barren, pretty sure it was painted all over

[@historyin3d]

Of course not. Colosseum corridors were painted inside in a rather modest colours. But Colosseum exterior was left unpainted.

[@aeliusdawn]

@@historyin3d Well I stand corrected

[@zou6492]

Very interesting👍🏛️Greetings from Belgium😉🇧🇪👋